Taste-evoked Fos expression in nitrergic neurons in the nucleus of the solitary tract and reticular formation of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 500, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 746-760

  Travers, Susan P ^a   Travers, Joseph B ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gaping, nitric oxide synthase; Intermediate reticular formation; Licking; Nucleus of the solitary tract; Parvicellular reticular formation

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN FOS; QUININE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL LABELING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NITRERGIC NERVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETICULAR FORMATION; SOLITARY TRACT NUCLEUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NADH DEHYDROGENASE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETICULAR FORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOLITARY NUCLEUS; TASTE;

EID: 33846109954     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21213     Document Type: Article

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